Steve Jobs exhibited many competencies but some of the ones I noticed was resilience, determination, creativity, and ability to think beyond the scope of everyone around him. That is the main one that set him apart from every person around him, his ability to expand or improve any idea and make it something. He was a creator. In the book, it noted that early on in Job's life, he knew he was special or chosen. He had entrepreneurial behavior since a very young age.
If I had the blessing to be able to speak to Steve Jobs I would ask him more personal questions to try and gain insight on how he thinks of perceives the world around him. The first question I would ask is how were you able to think beyond the simple picture and put life into an opportunistic perspective? I want to know how he interacted with others and how he thought human interactions affect the world. The last question I would ask would be did you know from the moment of the idea of Apple, it was going to be one of the most innovative products ever?
Honestly, I think Steve Jobs was type of person who believed in working smarter rather than harder. I am in no way saying that Steve Jobs was not hard worker. I just believe that his opinion of hard work was to be doing something purposeful the entire time. Basically structured and a reason must be present in order for it to be productive.
Steve Jobs is such an icon of today's world. He was brilliant and successful and I think sometimes we forget that even the most successful people have stumbled in life. The important thing to do is pick yourself back up and regain that entrepreneurial spirit. I agree that Jobs would probably be the type of person to think/work smarter as opposed to harder. It suited his personality.
ReplyDeleteI also did my reading reflection on Steve Job's, however we picked very different parts of the book to highlight. For example, I chose my most surprising fact to be his childhood and how he was adopted. However, I do like seeing a different take on the same book.
ReplyDeleteLuke, Your reflection was great. One resemblance I see right away to Ray Krok, the man who made McDonalds a franchise corporation, is the fact that both Ray and Steve Jobs have came up from nothing and little money to owning/operating huge, multibillion dollar industries. I like how you stated the fact he would believe in working smarter not harder, I also believe in this because if something can be done a simpler way why would you go out of your way to accomplish the same thing that takes longer.
ReplyDeleteLuke, I though the blog post was a ten out of ten. The reflection on the Steve jobs book that you read was very detailed and you don't have to second guess the fact that you actually read the book! It was a pleasure reading your post and hopefully you will have more to come. I can not wait to see what you write for next weeks assignments.
ReplyDeleteLuke, I really liked your analysis of Steve Jobs. I reviewed the career of Elon Musk, but Steve Jobs would've likely been my backup selection if I had chosen otherwise. His rise to prominence is one of the most impressive of any that I've read about, and your analysis made me feel like I read the entire book. Great work, keep up the excellent posts!
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